Stallone

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UK/stəˈləʊn/US/stəˈloʊn/

proper noun

A surname;

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounStallone (countable and uncountable, plural Stallones)

plural Stallones

  1. countableuncountableA surname;
  2. countableuncountablebroadcastingused specifically of Sylvester Stallone (b. 1946), an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, known especially for his acting roles as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John Rambo.

    First critic: […] By the way, did you hear about the new film Stallone is making? It's titled Rocky Balboa Enters a Nursing Home. Stallone plays an aging Rocky—false teeth, hearing aid, Depends.

    2011, S. L. Varnado, Funny Side Up: Senior Citizen Scenarios, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, page 115
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    His dark hair was cut short, brushed forward, speckles of white adding texture, and I imagined he modelled himself on ERs George Clooney, although he looked more like Stallone—Stallone gone wrong, if you can imagine '''that;[…]

    '2011 [2000], James Herbert, Others, Pan Macmillan

    George Cosmatos, the director of Rambo II and Cobra, has died from cancer aged 64. Apart from shooting Stallone vehicles, Cosmatos was best known for the 1993 western Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

    2005 April 26, “In brief: Tombstone director George Cosmatos dies”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Frankish*stallo
  2. Italianstallone“stallion”
  3. EnglishStallone

From Italian stallone (“stallion”), from Frankish *stallo, from *stall (“stable”) where the horses were kept. More at English stall.

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APA

Stallone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallone

MLA

“Stallone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stallone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stallone.

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